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Five games, five defeats - for vice champion Schalke continues the nightmare series. At SC Freiburg, coach Domenico Tedesco sets the tone for his personnel and changes his team. But the Schalke fail again.

Bundesliga SC Freiburg vs. FC Schalke 04 | Domenico Tedesco (imago / RHR photo)
Disappointment: Schalke coach Tedesco after the defeat in Freiburg
What is going on? This question bores in the minds of Schalke. Formally this was in the second half against SC Freiburg. The faces of the players seemed helpless and uncertain. The gray of their jerseys was exemplary for their style of play. Despite their individual class, they could hardly beat anything against strong but playful limited Freiburg. Their hunger for victory and the only goal of the day, a shot by Florian Niederlechner (52 minutes), brought the decision. At the end it was called 0: 1 (0: 0) from Schalke's point of view. The nightmare series continues.

Five defeats, as before Weinzierl

What is going on? This question bores even louder. Started as runner-up in the season, are the Royal Blues without points as a table last. The pressure on coach Tedesco is increasing. Determined he had declared before the match in Breisgau: "The table situation looks different in two weeks." Determined he had also acted: he had turned his starting eleven in comparison to the recent defeat against Bayern Munich (0: 2) on six positions, including sat down defender Naldo and million new signing Sebastian Rudy only on the bench. In addition, the coach deleted the Argentine attacker Franco Di Santo as a result of the verbal altercation completely out of the squad.

Bundesliga SC Freiburg - FC Schalke 04 | Disappointment (picture-alliance / dpa / G. Kirchner)
Royal Gray instead of Royal Blue: Embolo is annoyed
This showed fruit: In the first half, his tactically offensive-oriented team was the better of the two teams. An early goal by Cedric Teuchert was rightly not recognized for offside (6). In addition, Hamza Mendyl (41) and ex-Friborg Daniel Caligiuri (45. + 2) hit the post for Schalke. Accordingly excited Tedesco showed himself on the sidelines, he applauded many actions vociferously and challenged his players gestistenreich to continue to exert pressure. Quite different after the unfortunate backlog. As the 33-year-old pondered tiger nervously through his coaching zone, changed three times and could not move anything.

Like his predecessor Markus Weinzierl, Tedesco is now without victory after five games. At that time, the Schalke came at the end of the season in tenth place. Too little for the grown demands of Schalke. He still feels the "one hundred percent trust in the club," the coach said after the game in a TV interview. Asked about the cause of the renewed defeat, he replied eagerly and narrow-lipped: "because we did not make the goals."

Whether that is the only correct answer to the question, what is going on Schalke? The bloodless second half suggests deeper problems. The actions of Tedesco concerning the squad also. From a jolt that goes through the team, was in Freiburg at least see nothing. Next chance: in the home game on Saturday against Mainz.

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